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Aid agencies appeal for funding to support over 2 million South Sudanese refugees in dire need Format South Sudanese refugees tend their crops in Kenya’s Kakuma camp. © UNHCR/Samuel Otieno This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and partners are appealing for US$1.2 billion to provide vital humanitarian assistance for more than 2.2 million South Sudanese refugees living in five neighbouring countries in 2021. South Sudan became the world’s youngest nation nearly a decade ago, but today millions of its population are displaced either inside or outside its borders. The crisis continues to be a children’s one with more than 65 per cent of the refugee population under 18, including 66,000 children who have been separated from their parents or usual caregivers.

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